Perceived and actual social discrimination: The case of overweight and social inclusion

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Hartung, Freda Marie ^a   Renner, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Actual discrimination; BMI; Gossip; Overweight; Perceived discrimination; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878880931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00147     Document Type: Article

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